I doubt that. This are some smart people out there. . especially when it comes to specialized subjects. Sometimes I wish I could absorb their knowledge through close proximity osmosis.
Andrew Torba that runs Gab Social noticed most of this porn stuff was coming from one country ... Israel. So he blocked all IPs coming from Israel. That pretty much solved Gab's porn problems.
Of course they falsely twisted that into saying he blocked the IPs because he is racist against Jews.
Gab doesn't allow any form of porn.
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### Cinnamon Desktop Now Available on Ubuntu & Fedora
The Cinnamon desktop environment is maturing, and as a result it is gaining popularity amongst main stream distros.
Cinnamon is officially developed by Linux Mint, and so of course they have always offered it as their main edition.
Recently Fedora added a Cinnamon "Spin" as they call it, snd Ubuntu is currently offering a daily build Cinnamon "Flavour", which is to become officially available when they release the next version of Ubuntu on April 20th.
You can get the Fedora Cinnamon Spin here: (scroll down the webpage)
https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en
The Ubuntu Cinnamon daily build pre-release can be found here:
https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntucinnamon/daily-live/current
As always, the Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition is available on the Linux Mint download page:
https://linuxmint.com/download.php
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The matrix is called democracy.
There are five things that people like to think about themselves.
1. They like to think they are free.
2. They like to think they are in control.
3. They like to think they have it all figured out.
4. They like to think they are never wrong.
5. They like to think they are good and moral, and doing the right thing.
Democracy is used to fool people into thinking they are a free people. However, the truth is democracy robs freedom of choice from minorities and from individuals. Also, democracy can be manipulated through propaganda, which can sway the vote in favor of those controlling to narrative being spewed through the mainstream propaganda media.
Democracy is used to fool people into thinking that they are free people and that they are in control when indeed they are not.
"Taxation without representation" is another term used to convince people that they free and not slaves, when the truth is they are slaves. The true definition of "taxation without representation" is when the government forces you to pay for something that you don't want, you never ask for, and very often it is something you are strongly opposed to.
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If you can guide someone to come up with a thought that you want them to think, then they will think it is their own thought. And once that happens, they will never want to be near impossible to change their mind.
This is what Marxists are doing in public schools right now us Paulo Friere's "critical pedagogy" with the social emotional learning and the comprehensive sex education and stuff like that. They are getting young minds to come up with thoughts that Marxists want them to think, and then the leftists basically have the kids for life as activists.
Get the kids to think that they figured it out on their own, that they are doing the right thing, and the kids will never want to be wrong, and will fight for what they were brainwashed and believing.
Funny thing is, I would've skipped the comment a few years ago as well.
America in its original intended form is the better option. The key is unalienable rights that keep a democracy from infringing on the rights of minorities and individuals.
Unalienable rights guarantee the rights of minorities and individuals.
An unalieanable right is a right that cannot be taken away, not even by a 100% majority vote. Unalienable rights cannot be legislated away, and they cannot be ruled away by a supreme court. Government institutions cannot add qualifiers to unalienable rights.
America is a country of unalienable rights. The Constitution does not grant those rights. The Constitution explicitly tells the government that it cannot, and shall not, infringe on those rights
Another thing is distinguishing between a forced-collectivist democracy and a freedom-democracy.
In a freedom-democracy representatives can vote to create government programs, but nobody would be forced to pay for, support or use those programs. For example ... voluntary is how Social Security started out, because unalienable rights and individual liberty was how Americans thought when it was created (1935).
Then the Democrats and Republicans made Social Security mandatory under Ronald Reagan because the leftists had succeeded in shifting the American mindset more towards a forced-collectivist democracy mentality and away from individual liberty and unalienable rights.
LMAO
Just because someone doesn't cater to your special interest doesn't mean they're "oppressing" them. 🙄
You commie narcissistic Marxist types are a bunch of entitled brats. If you are so passionate about enabling disabled people, build your own EV the way you want it to be, and do it with your own money and labor, and don't force other people to pay for it through robbery and redistribution .
Last thing I want is my password vault and 2FA stuff stored on relays.
I keep all of that on local files, and only use a USB cable to sync between devices.
No.. The are others.
For example, the "United Order" by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which they experimented with long ago, but no longer implement.
The United Order is all voluntary, unlike a forced-collectivist "democracy". You can leave any time you want. You voluntarily donate your excess, and not everything like communism. You own private property, unlike communism. You are free to do what toy with your private property.
It boils down to individual free agency vs. forced-collectivism.
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### Pine64 Linux Computers
(For Developers and Enthusiasts)
Pine64 offers many electronic devices, including Linux laptops and Linux Tablets (PineBooks and PineTabs) that are not only open source software, but are also open source harware
Open source hardware is their niche, and most of their devices are made to target Linux developers, which means their hardware is probably not be fully supported yet ... if ever.
You can get the schematics to everything from Pine64, and they sell parts separately so you can repair your electronics.
Here is list of their current computer offerings (Oct 2024):
- [PineBook](https://pine64.com/product/11-6-pinebook-linux-laptop/)
- (11.6", ARM, Reserved for Reduce Gap Campaign)
- [PineBook Pro](https://pine64.com/product/14%e2%80%b3-pinebook-pro-linux-laptop-ansi-us-keyboard/)
- (14", ARM processor, 4GRAM, $299)
- [PineTab2](https://pine64.com/product-category/pinetab/)
- (10.1", ARM, $160-$210)
- [PineTab-V](https://pine64.com/product-category/pinetab/)
- (10.1", RISC-V, $160-$210)
- [PineNote](https://pine64.com/product/pinenote-developer-edition/)
- ($399)
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They do more than people give them credit for. 3-4 hours of battery life was too little for me.
You do need to be proficient in Linux desktop to know how to use one.
Enough to know how apps like "Online Accounts" work and which apps activate and sync contacts, calendar events, tasks, etc.. So you can install them and get the phone syncing everything with your Nextcloud and laptop.
In Mobian Phosh you install Evolution, which is a desktop app. Sign into your email and Nextcloud using Online Accounts, and that will get contacts, calendar and task notifications workingvand syncing. So basically how you would do it on a laptop.
Then you use Linux mobile apps like Geary for email and Contacts. Nextcloud desktop client renders good on phones, so you can use that.
Linux phone run desktop apps, so you can do many things, but the interface doesn't usually render well. Telegram needs tweakinga little , Signal does good. VLC will Chromecast for you, but the interface is near impossible.
Linux phone can do a lot because of desktop apps, but it's painful.
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### Enable 3rd Party Sources on Kodi
By default, Kodi disables the ability to install anything from 3rd parties.
You will need to install the Elementum 3rd party repository into Kodi, so you need to enable "Unknown Sources" in Kodi Settings.
To Enable Unknown Sources:
1. Open Kodi
> (Hint: Kodi opens full screen,
so it is convenient to open
it on another desktop, and
switch back-&-forth between
desktops.
Ctrl+Alt+ArrowUp zooms out
to all desktops on the
Cinnamon desktop)
2. Go to:
- --> Settings (Gear Icon)
- --> System
- --> Add-ons
- --> and Toggle on "Uknown sources"
You are now ready to install add-ons and repos from other sources, such as local files on your computer, or GitHub folders, or bittorrent streaming plugins that are condemned by the Kodi development team.
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### Install Kodi Media Center
[Kodi](https://kodi.tv/) is media center software that turns just about any device into a smart TV. It can be used to view your local movie collection, as well as watch online streaming services, both free and paid.
Kodi can be installed on a lot of devices, from a your laptop to a Raspberry Pi or your DeGoogled Android phone, so installation varies depending on [which device you want to put Kodi on](https://kodi.tv/download/).
This tutorial will focus on getting it working on Debian / Ubuntu based distros.
1. Kodi install method 1: (installs an older version of, which is Kodi 19.1
in Linux Mint 21.2)
```
sudo apt install kodi
```
2. [Kodi install method 2:](https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kodi_for_Linux?https=1#Adding_Team_Kodi_PPA_repository) (Installs the latest version of Kodi)
>Note: (PPA's only work on Ubuntu
based distros, so this will not
work in Debian)
```
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install kodi
```
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### How To Navigate on DeGoogled Phones
There are great open-source navigation apps for Android available on the [F-Droid App Store](nostr:nevent1qqs0p2dtgr60nkwp6txz3l0qnjy8vjl29kmghj7qq9yfae0ekna33sqpz3mhxw309ucnydewxqhrqt338g6rsd3e9upzqndled79mkuzf8uu06uvy8spnuy0h7m7ch0d2sytv9zep04c6954qvzqqqqqqyw069hs), but they have one serious drawback ... and that is they can't find most addresses. Fortunately there is a work-around for this.
On F-Droid, the [GMaps WV](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/us.spotco.maps/) app will use and abuse Google Maps to get the coordinates of the address you seek, and then forward them to the open-source Navigation App of your choice, all the while blocking Google's telemetry attempts.
Two popular open-source navigation apps are [OsmAnd](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/) and [Organic Maps](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.organicmaps/). Both are available from the F-Droid App Store.
Thanks to GMaps WV, the issue of not being able to find addresses has been mitigated until OpenStreet Maps gets to where address lookup works. OpenStreet Maps has made huge improvements in this area just in the last year.
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GnomeShellTile extension, if is been updated for the latest version of Gnome. I really like the ability to CTRL drag and drop one window into another window's space.
If not, WindowTiling extension for Gnome.
If you use a lot of terminals and you like the keyboard, then i3 is the way to go.
Beautiful cars. Saw one in person years ago at a hotel I was staying at. It was threatening to rain, and, so the owner had it hauled away inside a semi truck enclosed trailer.
😂
The USA became the must powerful nation on Earth with extremely limited government. No federal taxes, no federal agencies. Individual liberty and individual free agency, etc. Very little government. All this before the introduction of the 16th Amendment in 1913 (forced taxation). That's when America was fundamentally changed into a socialistic big government crap show.
Now it is nothing more than crony socialism ... heading into a communofacistic society.
People do much better without forced-collectivist governments. (aka "big government")
It's called the "Inclusivity" of the LGBT Queer Marxist cult community, where only their ideas and views get included, and everyone else gets exist all excluded.
Diverse opinions and viewpoints not welcome.
The DARVO of "You're Divisive"
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People have actually physically witnessed God and Jesus.
Nobody has ever physically witnessed, with their own eyes, the transformation of a human from one evolution stage to they next. Mankind hasn't even witnessed the addition of a major new DNA feature evolving in any living creature. All we witness is the mutation of current existing DNA.
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### Nextcloud Hosting Options
Nextcloud is an open-source online ecosystem that you can use isntead of Google, Apple, or Microsoft, to keep all of your data private, secure, & out of the hands of Big Tech & out of the hands of Big Government.
This post list some Nextcloud options below.
>Note: Out of all of the options below, Cloudamo is the best option for people who aren't super techie, but want the ability to customize their own Nextcloud.
**A Brief List of Nextcloud Options:**
(There are many, many more Nextcloud options)
1. **Pay For a Nextcloud Service Provider.** You pay the Nextcloud provider money, and they DO NOT sell your data to anyone and everyone. If you go this route, you are stuck with whatever Nextcloud apps they install, and cannot customize your Nextcloud.
- [eCloud/Murena](https://murena.io/), a French company that offers a free account w/free email, up to 1Gig.
- [LibertyStratus](https://libertystrat.us/), a conservative Patriotic company out of Arizona.
2. **Host Nextcloud on Someone Else's Server (VPS)**
- [Cloudamo](https://cloudamo.com/) - Company out of Switzerland, with servers in the USA. You 100% control what gets installed on your Nextcloud.
- [Linode/Akamai](https://www.linode.com/) & [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/) are some of the most commonly used hosts for this.
- With Linode and Digital Ocean you can do full disk encryption. This creates even more headache.
- Note: Even with full disk encryption, your Nextcloud VPS provider can still see your data if they really want to by doing a physical memory dump of the server hardware to get your VPS full disk encryption key.
3. **Host Nextcloud on Your Own Hardware at Home.** Self-Hosting on your own hardware is the ideal situation. Nobody can get their hands on your server without going through you.
**Here are some tutorials on setting up Nextcloud:**
- [Installing Nextcloud on a Linode/Akamai VPS](https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/how-to-install-nextcloud-on-ubuntu-22-04/)
- [Video Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teUlz635ZoA) on Installing Nextcloud on a Linode/Akamai VPS.
- [The Official Nextcloud Install Script](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html#installation-via-install-script)
- Note: You need to set up your LAMP server first. LAMP = Linux Apache MariaDB/MySQL PHP. If you scroll up, that link guides you through a LAMP install.
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Yes! My channel is built around edits.
I have an index linked in my profile, and I am always adding links to my posts as I post new micro blog posts.
The Freedom Tech Index only works in Amethyst and Garnet ... which is branched from Amethyst. Garnet is Amethyst with an integrated Monero wallet and Monero zaps added in addition to lightning. Only problem is Garnet is months behind in development.
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Airborne Meshtastic nodes are being deployed in aircraft in North Carolina by freedom tech advocates to help locals communicate with each other.
It appears the less the federal government is involved the better operations run.
To me it seems distaster areas are turning into a land grab by those in power, using agencies like FEMA to do their dirty work. FEMA money is a loan, and if you don't pay it back they foreclose and sieze your land.
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Ever notice how the raised communist first never has any tools in it? It's because they're all sitting around doing nothing, criticizing everything, waiting for a handout.
That's why the "F" in communism stands for food.
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### Kid Safe DeGoogled Phones Using GrapheneOS
Setting up a DeGoogled phone for kids can be done fairly easily now using the latest version of GrapheneOS.
The basic steps are as follows:
1. [DeGoogle a phone with GrapheneOS](https://grapheneos.org/install/). GrapheneOS's website is the best place to go for instructions on how to DeGoogle a Google Pixel phone. They offer a couple of intallation methods, and keep everything up to date.
2. [Turn on multi-user accounts](https://www.howtogeek.com/333484/how-to-set-up-multiple-user-profiles-on-android/), & create a "kid's" account, naming the account whatever you like.
4. [Install the apps you want onto the "Owner" account, and push those apps to your child's account](https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/2133-question-about-the-install-available-apps-feature-for-user-profiles) under the multi-user setting.
5. [Remove the GrapheneOS web browser "Vanadium"](nostr:nevent1qqs9wa5er9u5n36nhqdfanluyjaxw7l2q7067qnza7y07smm7vjcffspz3mhxw309ucnydewxqhrqt338g6rsd3e9upzqndled79mkuzf8uu06uvy8spnuy0h7m7ch0d2sytv9zep04c6954qvzqqqqqqyxzlz3q) from the kid's account so they can't surf the Internet.
6. [Install an eSIM](https://grapheneos.org/usage#esim-support) so your kids can't take the physical SIM out and put it into any device they want.
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It has worked out great. We don't give our kids phones until they're 14. That's when not having a phone becomes a hinderance because school sports and church young men/young women groups use them to collaborate.
Nice thing about Nostr is you can copy the text and paste it into any note app. Since I use markdown, the post will render in your note app like it renders in Amethyst.
There are many, depending on how you want to go about setting it up.
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I suspect most spammers are government agencies trying to take down a system they can't control, or activists groups, or ... of course ... scammers trying to get money out of people.
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